| Mom Moves to Linux [Open for Business] |
Feb. 13, 2002
Open for Business associate editor Steven Hatfield takes a look at how his mother, who uses much of the same functionality on her computer as an office worker, migrated to Linux. Was the switch-over successful? Hatfield writes . . .
"One hundred and seventy days ago, I embarked on an adventure. I talked my mom through the installation procedure for SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional Edition over the phone, seventeen hundred miles away. I thought it would be an exercise in futility, but alas, I was off the phone one hour and nine minutes later. I suppose that I should back up a bit though, and let you know what led me to take such drastic action . . ."
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